I am 14 weeks and 5 day. I felt fluttering 3 seperate times today. Some may say its to early, but its a feeling that even almost 9 years later, I know was for sure, the baby. And of all days to feel that little surprise, I really needed it after the crappy day I had.
So thankful to get to experience this again and I can not wait till it becomes a regular feeling!
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Monday, May 13, 2013
Kidney Stones
Well, in the past 2 weeks, I've had some adventures.
We left for vacation on the 3rd. Apparently visiting the emergency room states away was in the plans, because that's what I did. I started with this constant urge to pee that Saturday night. It didn't hurt like a UTI, but was very annoying. I'd pee, and then 5 mins later be like I was ready to pee myself. When I'd get to the toilet, I'd barely pee. Still, no pain though. That went on all evening, and after bed. I woke up at 1am though with pain in my left side. It was too high to be uterus pain, but it still freaked me out. It was like nothing I ever felt before. Somehow, I went back to sleep till around 6:30, and it just continued to get worse from there. When the kids got up, we fed them breakfast, and I tried to eat. I couldn't eat or drink, and the constant urge was still there still, but at that point, I was not able to pee much and it was starting to hurt from having to go so bad. I suffered till around 8:30 when I finally told my husband that it was time to find an ER.
We got there by 9, and I was immediately taken back to a room. He could not come back with me since we had no one to help with the kids, so he camped out in the waiting room and entertained them while we both mentally freaked out.
They asked my pain level, which I growled was worse than I remember labor being. They gave me a cup to do the urine test, and told me to change into a gown. Somehow, I was able to go for that. And when I did, there were 3 little chunk things in it. Sorry that's gross, but the best way I can describe it. That pee hurt, but after that, I had to go again and peed for what felt like several minutes straight. After that, the pain level went down to barely anything. When they came back in, it was to start an IV and they gave me zofran for the nausea (which is still here pretty much daily) and they had offered morphine, which I declined. They were also going to put in a catheter, but since I was able to update that I peed and passed something, and was able to go just fine after, they said we could wait on that. They took 4 tubes of blood for I forget what, sent off that and the pee cultures, and an hour later took me for an u/s to check the baby and the kidney's. They were very involved with checking the baby, and ovaries and anything else they could while in there, and the radiologist came in special to see everything during the ultrasound and to reassure me that the heartbeat looked great and baby looked to be right on target. They did not let me see the screen though, and I was not given any pictures this time. Next was the fun of the kidney u/s, which was very uncomfortable and felt like they were pushing with the intent to break ribs. The results of that was the left kidney was swollen, but clear of stones.
3 hours later, the doctor came back to tell me that my urine had blood in it, definitely had tissue and possible stones, but ruled out a UTI. Also, he'd have to also do a pelvic exam to rule out any vaginal bleeding. After that, I was free to go.
Since passing whatever that was, I've been fine. My OB did not need to see me since I felt fine, did not have any negative reports from the hospital, and said to call if I feel the need to come in. At this point, I didn't see much point in going to do a repeat of what they did, and being unable to hear the baby anyway due to this stupid tilted uterus subject. I'm still scheduled for 3 weeks from now, and I think I can wait that out unless I have anymore weird issues come up.
So as of today, I'm a little over 12 weeks. The final week of the 1st trimester. I am so happy to see it going so quickly, and will feel a lot more comfortable once I can feel this kid moving around. I've decided that as much as I wanted to be at this point, I really dislike the early stages of pregnancy. I still feel really exhausted, nauseous, and now I have a cold/allergies to add to the mix. I feel like crap because I have not felt good enough to take my vitamins in over a week now. I've tried multiple kinds of prenatals, but have developed an awesome gag reflex to the size of the pills. I have tried flintstones like the midwife suggested, but can not stand the chalky taste and it's all I can do to choke down one of those. Today, I spent another $12 and decided I'll give gummies a try. I did find that I can deal with the kids gummies, but it takes 8 of those to get the required amount of folic acid and iron! And at that point, it causes stomach issues. So, here's to hoping that the gummie prenatals will do the trick. Hopefully at some point, I get back into the ability to swallow pills again and can take the others that I've invested so much into.
We left for vacation on the 3rd. Apparently visiting the emergency room states away was in the plans, because that's what I did. I started with this constant urge to pee that Saturday night. It didn't hurt like a UTI, but was very annoying. I'd pee, and then 5 mins later be like I was ready to pee myself. When I'd get to the toilet, I'd barely pee. Still, no pain though. That went on all evening, and after bed. I woke up at 1am though with pain in my left side. It was too high to be uterus pain, but it still freaked me out. It was like nothing I ever felt before. Somehow, I went back to sleep till around 6:30, and it just continued to get worse from there. When the kids got up, we fed them breakfast, and I tried to eat. I couldn't eat or drink, and the constant urge was still there still, but at that point, I was not able to pee much and it was starting to hurt from having to go so bad. I suffered till around 8:30 when I finally told my husband that it was time to find an ER.
We got there by 9, and I was immediately taken back to a room. He could not come back with me since we had no one to help with the kids, so he camped out in the waiting room and entertained them while we both mentally freaked out.
They asked my pain level, which I growled was worse than I remember labor being. They gave me a cup to do the urine test, and told me to change into a gown. Somehow, I was able to go for that. And when I did, there were 3 little chunk things in it. Sorry that's gross, but the best way I can describe it. That pee hurt, but after that, I had to go again and peed for what felt like several minutes straight. After that, the pain level went down to barely anything. When they came back in, it was to start an IV and they gave me zofran for the nausea (which is still here pretty much daily) and they had offered morphine, which I declined. They were also going to put in a catheter, but since I was able to update that I peed and passed something, and was able to go just fine after, they said we could wait on that. They took 4 tubes of blood for I forget what, sent off that and the pee cultures, and an hour later took me for an u/s to check the baby and the kidney's. They were very involved with checking the baby, and ovaries and anything else they could while in there, and the radiologist came in special to see everything during the ultrasound and to reassure me that the heartbeat looked great and baby looked to be right on target. They did not let me see the screen though, and I was not given any pictures this time. Next was the fun of the kidney u/s, which was very uncomfortable and felt like they were pushing with the intent to break ribs. The results of that was the left kidney was swollen, but clear of stones.
3 hours later, the doctor came back to tell me that my urine had blood in it, definitely had tissue and possible stones, but ruled out a UTI. Also, he'd have to also do a pelvic exam to rule out any vaginal bleeding. After that, I was free to go.
Since passing whatever that was, I've been fine. My OB did not need to see me since I felt fine, did not have any negative reports from the hospital, and said to call if I feel the need to come in. At this point, I didn't see much point in going to do a repeat of what they did, and being unable to hear the baby anyway due to this stupid tilted uterus subject. I'm still scheduled for 3 weeks from now, and I think I can wait that out unless I have anymore weird issues come up.
So as of today, I'm a little over 12 weeks. The final week of the 1st trimester. I am so happy to see it going so quickly, and will feel a lot more comfortable once I can feel this kid moving around. I've decided that as much as I wanted to be at this point, I really dislike the early stages of pregnancy. I still feel really exhausted, nauseous, and now I have a cold/allergies to add to the mix. I feel like crap because I have not felt good enough to take my vitamins in over a week now. I've tried multiple kinds of prenatals, but have developed an awesome gag reflex to the size of the pills. I have tried flintstones like the midwife suggested, but can not stand the chalky taste and it's all I can do to choke down one of those. Today, I spent another $12 and decided I'll give gummies a try. I did find that I can deal with the kids gummies, but it takes 8 of those to get the required amount of folic acid and iron! And at that point, it causes stomach issues. So, here's to hoping that the gummie prenatals will do the trick. Hopefully at some point, I get back into the ability to swallow pills again and can take the others that I've invested so much into.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
10 week appt
I am really starting to suck at these updates. This first trimester is flying by, and I really haven't kept much record of much of it.
Here's what's been going on....
Still feeling nauseous most days. I've found that if I eat quickly in the morning, snack by 10, lunch by 12, and keep going on the snacking every 2-3 hours, I can keep it semi under control. I don't take anything for it normal day to day, but if we have an overload of appts and stuff where I know that I stand a chance of getting too hungry feeling, that triggers the barfy feelings and I will take half of a zofran. The zofran does help a lot, and was the magic pill to be able to drink water again. But, on the days the nausea and gagging was exceptionally bad and I took 2 in 1 day, I would get a migraine. So, cutting in half and just being very careful about eating and drinking seems to be the answer. This time around, I've only thrown up 2 times. Both triggered by stressful situations. With Kristopher's pregnancy, I was horribly sick daily, vomitting multiple times and losing 18lbs before getting medication to help me through the days. My chart says I stopped meds at 26 weeks. I feel thankful that this time around it's less stressful, and that I can stop at the gagging.
I'm down about 10lb from March, prior to finding out. That was lost within the first week of finding out, and I think a lot of that has to do with the changing in what I drink. I was drinking a lot of coke prior to finding out, and now soda makes me feel worse. Plus, I'm only able to eat small amounts with the nausea. I have not gained any weight since the first appts, but no one is concerned. I have outgrown all my jeans, they can not be fully zipped and I've done the hair band trick for now to keep them up. I bought one pair of maternity jeans and they are pretty comfortable.
Monday I had my 10 week appt, which was technically the first appt at the OB. This is a new practice for me, so I'm going to see each of the doctors first, but am told that I really will have no choice in which one will deliver, so it's no point in picking a favorite I guess. This appt I had the midwife, and she is pretty nice. Since I was overdue for the breast exam fun, she did that. And then it's apparently standard procedure to do some STD swabs on new OB patients, so they did that. And, I'm told that now that I'm 30, they only do a pap every 3 years, so I'm good till next year on that. Then, she tried to get the heart beat by doppler, and was unable to find it. For a very brief second, she picked up very slight whooshing of a heartbeat but said it was so short of a catch of it that she didn't know if it was the baby or mine. She did an exam and determined that I have a very tilted uterus, and it was tipped back too far to get the heartbeat by doppler till the uterus grows some more and the baby is bigger. So, she left me in the room alone freaking out, still half naked in stirrups, while she searched down an ultrasound machine. 15 minutes later, she came back and did the belly u/s and detected the baby. It was very blurry that way, but I could tell that it has definitely doubled in size. I could see arms this time and it looked more like a baby than a blob. Because of how blurry it was, I couldn't truly make out the heartbeat, but she claims she saw it and was smiling and seemed satisfied. She made me touch the screen and directed me in which way to move my finger till I was over top the spot where she claims it was at. It was a little different coloring on the blur, so I'll trust them on that.
Since I've had multiple ultrasounds now, and my test results all come back perfect, she wrote down to come back in 5-6 weeks. That way by next time, the uterus should have grown enough to do the doppler check, and then I'll be more on schedule for their 4 week schedules. I go back June 3rd, and then every 4 weeks till August 26th, then I guess I'll start on the 2-3 week schedule. Yippie.
The big u/s will be around the first to 2nd week in July due to the holiday falling then, and we do plan to find out the sex if this kid will cooperate.
We're leaving on Friday for the beach for 5 days, and after that vacation is over, I'll gladly have the next month or 2 speed up some more. I think I'll start to feel better and more relaxed with this pregnancy once I can feel this kid moving. I was originally planning to buy my own doppler to listen to the heartbeat, but it seems by the time that will be possible, it will be about time that I'll feel it regularly so no point.
Here's what's been going on....
Still feeling nauseous most days. I've found that if I eat quickly in the morning, snack by 10, lunch by 12, and keep going on the snacking every 2-3 hours, I can keep it semi under control. I don't take anything for it normal day to day, but if we have an overload of appts and stuff where I know that I stand a chance of getting too hungry feeling, that triggers the barfy feelings and I will take half of a zofran. The zofran does help a lot, and was the magic pill to be able to drink water again. But, on the days the nausea and gagging was exceptionally bad and I took 2 in 1 day, I would get a migraine. So, cutting in half and just being very careful about eating and drinking seems to be the answer. This time around, I've only thrown up 2 times. Both triggered by stressful situations. With Kristopher's pregnancy, I was horribly sick daily, vomitting multiple times and losing 18lbs before getting medication to help me through the days. My chart says I stopped meds at 26 weeks. I feel thankful that this time around it's less stressful, and that I can stop at the gagging.
I'm down about 10lb from March, prior to finding out. That was lost within the first week of finding out, and I think a lot of that has to do with the changing in what I drink. I was drinking a lot of coke prior to finding out, and now soda makes me feel worse. Plus, I'm only able to eat small amounts with the nausea. I have not gained any weight since the first appts, but no one is concerned. I have outgrown all my jeans, they can not be fully zipped and I've done the hair band trick for now to keep them up. I bought one pair of maternity jeans and they are pretty comfortable.
Monday I had my 10 week appt, which was technically the first appt at the OB. This is a new practice for me, so I'm going to see each of the doctors first, but am told that I really will have no choice in which one will deliver, so it's no point in picking a favorite I guess. This appt I had the midwife, and she is pretty nice. Since I was overdue for the breast exam fun, she did that. And then it's apparently standard procedure to do some STD swabs on new OB patients, so they did that. And, I'm told that now that I'm 30, they only do a pap every 3 years, so I'm good till next year on that. Then, she tried to get the heart beat by doppler, and was unable to find it. For a very brief second, she picked up very slight whooshing of a heartbeat but said it was so short of a catch of it that she didn't know if it was the baby or mine. She did an exam and determined that I have a very tilted uterus, and it was tipped back too far to get the heartbeat by doppler till the uterus grows some more and the baby is bigger. So, she left me in the room alone freaking out, still half naked in stirrups, while she searched down an ultrasound machine. 15 minutes later, she came back and did the belly u/s and detected the baby. It was very blurry that way, but I could tell that it has definitely doubled in size. I could see arms this time and it looked more like a baby than a blob. Because of how blurry it was, I couldn't truly make out the heartbeat, but she claims she saw it and was smiling and seemed satisfied. She made me touch the screen and directed me in which way to move my finger till I was over top the spot where she claims it was at. It was a little different coloring on the blur, so I'll trust them on that.
Since I've had multiple ultrasounds now, and my test results all come back perfect, she wrote down to come back in 5-6 weeks. That way by next time, the uterus should have grown enough to do the doppler check, and then I'll be more on schedule for their 4 week schedules. I go back June 3rd, and then every 4 weeks till August 26th, then I guess I'll start on the 2-3 week schedule. Yippie.
The big u/s will be around the first to 2nd week in July due to the holiday falling then, and we do plan to find out the sex if this kid will cooperate.
We're leaving on Friday for the beach for 5 days, and after that vacation is over, I'll gladly have the next month or 2 speed up some more. I think I'll start to feel better and more relaxed with this pregnancy once I can feel this kid moving. I was originally planning to buy my own doppler to listen to the heartbeat, but it seems by the time that will be possible, it will be about time that I'll feel it regularly so no point.
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